The healthful plant-based diet index as a tool for obesity prevention-The healthy lifestyle community program cohort 3 study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

World-wide the prevalence of obesity is high, and promoting a shift toward more healthful and more plant-based dietary patterns appears to be one promising strategy to address this issue. A dietary score to assess adherence to a healthy plant-based diet is the healthful plant-based diet index. While there is evidence from cohort studies that an increased healthful plant-based diet index is associated with improved risk markers, evidence from intervention studies is still lacking.

Methods

A lifestyle intervention was conducted with mostly middle-aged and elderly participants from the general population (n = 115). The intervention consisted of a 16-month lifestyle program focusing on a healthy plant-based diet, physical activity, stress management, and commun

SUBMITTER: Koeder C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10242251 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature